Scarf-holder.



A. WIEGEL.

SGARP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.1B, 1911.

1,028,231 1 Patented June 4, 1912.

ALBERT WIEGEL, OF CASSEL, GERMANY.

SCARF-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 18, 1911.

Patented June a, 1912. Serial No. 609,406.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WIEGEL, a citizen of the Empire ofGerInany, residing at Cassel, in the Empire of Germany, have invented a new and useful Scarf-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a scarf holder made from a suitable material, such as for example sheet steel, by cutting with a die and a stamp and by bending. It can be easily hung upon the shank of a collar-but ton and can be turned on the same, also laterally moved through a certain distance, whereby the tying of the scarf is greatly facilitated.

I will now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a blank before bending, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a scarf holder hung upon the shank of a collar-button, Fig. 3 is a front view of the holder without the button, Figs. 1 to 6 illustrate various stages of the formation of a necktie, and Fig. 7 shows the finished necktie.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The new scarf holder is made from some suitable material, for example sheet steel, by cutting with a die and a stamp, whereby a blank shown at Fig. l is obtained. This blank, bearing a distant resemblance to a swan, is then bent in two parallel lines ab and c-cl, whereby the finished holder H shown at Figs. 2 and 3 is obtained. The holder presents a substantially triangular front plate 1, a bed 2, a rear edge 3 and a hook 4 at the rear similar to a swans neck. It is essential, that a deep slit 5 be left between the rear edge 3 and the hook 4 for a purpose to be explained later on, and it is also essential, that the free end of the hook 1 deeply engages in the space inclosed by the hook and that a channel 6 of nearly the same width as the cavity 7 betweenthe free end and the outer portion of the hook 4 be left. Then it is possible for the shank 8 of any collar-button 9 to engage first in this channel 6 and then in the cavity 7. In other words, the holder H can be hung on the shank 8 of the collar-button 9 and be turned thereon. From Fig. 3 it is evident, that the holder can also be laterally or hori- Zontally moved through a certain distance. The holder H is prevented from getting off the shank 8 by the head 10.

The scarf holder is operated as follows: The scarf is put around the collar 12 (Fig. 4) and its one end 11 is inserted from above in the holder, so that it rests on the bed 2 and is prevented from shifting to the front or to the rear by the front plate 1 and the rear .edge 3. Of course the holder H will adjust itself to the scarf and can follow the same by turning on the shank 8. The other end 1 1 of the scarf is then passed first over the front plate 1, then around the bed 2 and behind the rear edge 3 and the hook 4 beneath the shank 8 of the collar-button 9 to the front, as is clearly shown at Fig. 5. It will be seen, that a port-ion 13 of the scarf compasses the holder H. The end 14 of the scarf is thereupon passed first over the portion 13 to the rear and then through the slit 5 (Figs. 1 and 3) over the head 10 of the button 9 upward (Fig. 6), so as to form a loop 15. Next the end 14 is passed clownward through the loop 15 and is at last pulled, so as to tighten and thus finish the necktie, while the holder H following the motion of the scarf will adjust itself and be completely hidden, as is shown at Fig. 7.

I claim:

A scarf holder comprising a single metal piece bent to form front and rear plates spaced apart, the front plate formed of triangular shape and the rear plate formed with a narrow portion and an upwardly ex tending collar button engaging hook, said hook and narrow wall separated by a downwardly extending slit for the passage of one end of the necktie, as and for the purpose set forth.

.In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT WIEGEL.

Witnesses ERNST MEIER, ADOLF SCHMIDT.

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